PRSP resources

Countries involved in PRSP process

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Poverty reduction strategy papers

Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS)
List of LDCs, LLDCs and SIDSs in the poverty reduction strategic papers process

World Bank
Country papers and Joint Staff Advisory Notes/Joint Staff Assessments

Discussion and working papers

Global Policy Forum
Poverty reduction strategy papers in Africa: are they really making a
difference to policies?

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
How, when and why does poverty get budget priority: poverty reduction strategy and public expenditure in five African countries

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
The World Bank's poverty reduction strategy: good marketing or good policy

Evaluations

United Kindgom Department for International Development (DFID)

• Experiences of PRSs in Asia
• Experience with poverty reduction strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean | also in Spanish

EURODAD
Critical evaluation of poverty reduction strategy papers

International Labour Organization (ILO)
PRSPs: an assessment of ILO experience

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Report on the evaluation of poverty reduction strategy papers and the poverty reduction and growth facility

IMF and International Development Association
Review of the poverty reduction strategy papers approach: early experience with interim PRSPs and full PRSPs

World Bank
The poverty reduction strategy initiative: an independent evaluation of the World Bank's support through 2003

Good practices

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Good practice in the development of PRSP indicators and monitoring systems

Lessons learned

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Role of infrastructure in economic growth and poverty reduction - lessons learned from PRSPs of 33 countries

Glossaries and FAQ

World Bank

• Abbreviations and acronyms
• Frequently asked questions

Presentations

German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ )

• Entry points to PRSP support and partnerships - a A GTZ perspective
• Interest in bilateral agency in poverty and social impact analysis

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
FAO and the PRSP process

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
IFAD and PRSP in:

• Eastern and Southern Africa
• Western and Central Africa
• Latin America and the Caribbean
• Near East and North Africa: brief overview of PRSP in Sudan
• National strategies for rural poverty reduction: A comparison of experiences
  Powerpoint presentation:
  Arabic | English | French | Spanish
• Sharpening the rural focus of poverty reduction strategy processes

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Poverty reduction strategy papers and sustainable development

World Bank

• Poverty and social impact analysis
• PRSP 101 and PRSP sourcebook introduction on development targets and costs
• Poverty reduction strategies: progress in implementation

World Food Programme (WFP)
WPF and PRSPs - entry points and partnerships

Publications

The African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)

PRSP related papers

Citizens' Network On Essential Services (CNES)
Poverty reduction strategy papers and the vision problems of the International Financial Institutions

German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ )
PRSPs in Africa: parliaments and economic policy performance

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Poverty reduction strategy papers: factsheet

Reports

African Forum and Network on Debt and Development
Poverty reduction strategy papers

Department for International Development (DFID)

• Civil society participation in poverty reduction strategy papers: report to the Department for International Development
• Second generation poverty reduction strategies
• The PRSP process and DFID engagement: survey of progress 2003
• PRS monitoring in Africa

DevZone
Reports on PRSP process

European Forum on Rural Development Cooperation
PRSP and rural development: reflections, experiences to date and implications
Word version | Powerpoint presentation

Gender and Development Network
Failing women, sustaining poverty : gender in poverty reduction strategy papers

Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
Assessing participation in poverty reduction stragegy papers: a desk-based synthesis experience in sub-saharan Africa

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP support for poverty reduction strategies: the PRSP countries interim report

World Bank
Poverty reduction strategies – country papers, Joint Staff Assessment and Joint Staff Advisory Note

World Bank and International Monetary Fund

• Joint World Bank/IMF 2005 PRS review | Concept note
• PRSP progress reports
• Poverty reduction strategy papers-progress in implementation

Toolkits, guidelines and manuals

Bretton and Woods project

• The ABC of PRSP
• Poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs): a rough guide | also in PDF

EURODAD
An independent guide to poverty reduction strategy papers

World Bank

• PRSP source book
• Poverty reduction strategies – operational approaches and tools in support of the country-driven model
• Strategic communication in PRSP
• Using strategic communication to fight poverty through PRSPs

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